BVT MAJOR GENERAL EMORY UPTON (5 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Thus. Facsimile of the 1874 edition.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. . . . . 16mo, hardcover. No dj, blue cloth. Fair condition. Old moisture exposure to covers, not penetrating to contents. Gilt spine title partly illegible. Contents complete:, clean, no marking or writing. Binding sturdy and tight. 392 pp.,109 Plates, + ads in rear. Army, Civil, History, Military, States, United, War,

Cloth. Condizione: Good. green cloth with decorative blind-stamping and border at front and back, gilt illustration and titles at spine, minor wear to edges, corners bumped, several spots of light discoloration to covers, light rubbing to covers. book body tight, previous seller's stamp at front free end-paper, previous owner's name at front free end-paper, else clean, light foxing throughout, illustrated moderately in black and white.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Leather bound navy blue with gold text and gold illustration depicting Eagle clutching arrows and olive branch, atop a US Flag Escutcheon/Shield with ribbon "E. Pluribus Unnum". With brass clasp on upper wrap- missing back clasp portion from back wrap. Burgundy satin ribbon laid in. Prior owner name in pencil obverse of upper wrap 'Laut Will Eenz' [best guess due to legibility]. In pencil obverse of back wrap 'Lceut W Eency Osh Kosh Wis. Lieut W. Ecens 1 Lieuch Co. 11 2REGT Wny W' [best guess]. All pages intact- some loosened near head. Edge/shelf wear. Corner bumped. Pages toned with age. Back wrap bowed slightly from use? Tic like creased at edges of wraps/rubbed in small places. Scarce/rare/hard to find/out of print. Shelved in plastic. All images are stock photos, not of the actual item. Photo requests encouraged prior to purchase. Additional shipping required for insurance, amount according to USPS, weight, and destination. [See our Terms and Conditions].

First Edition. First edition, 16mo, pp. 160; 16 plates (on 15 leaves), tipped in advertisement printed on yellow paper at the front for Upton's New System of Infantry Tactics (upon which this manual for organizing civic processions and parades is based), 25 pages of printed music at the back for drum and bugle calls; original brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine; spine slightly sunned, else very good. A West Point graduate and an abolitionist, Upton had a distinguished record in the Civil War. One scholar has commented, "As a commander in all three branches of the army (artillery, infantry, and cavalry), Upton has seldom, if ever, had his record equaled" (quoted in American National Biography Online). After the war he became an instructor at the U.S. Military Academy. Upton was at West Point in 1866-1867, instructing cadets and working on his new tactics. In 1867 his Infantry Tactics, based on American, not French, experience and designed for the firepower of rifled breechloaders, was adopted by the U.S. Army and "hailed as the greatest single advance in tactical instruction since the work of General Steuben (Friedrich von Steuben) during the Revolution" (Williams, [Americans at War: The Development of the American Military System (1960)], p. 91).-ANB Online. Upton was a strong advocate of a professional military, a politically unpopular idea after the Civil War. But his influence continued even after his death in 1881. Upton's influence continued in the officer corps, where his unfinished Military Policy was read in manuscript. In 1899 Elihu Root became Secretary of War, and his reforms relied heavily on Upton's work. Root's War Department published posthumously Upton's Military Policy, the best and most influential case for a professional army as the primary means of defense. In the First World War, the army was basically organized as Upton recommended. Elements of his tactics remained influential, as did his example of dedication. Upton is the subject of a fine biography by Stephen Ambrose, Upton and the Army (1964).